Toy



ATTORNEY w. A. BROWNE.

TOY.

APPLICATION F LED PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN A. BROWNE, OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1922.

Application filed May 7, 1920. Serial No. 379,623.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WARREN A. BROWNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hempstead, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and has for its principal object to provide a toy merrygo-round which may be operated by adraft from a device such as that shown in my allowed application Serial No. 269,910, and in a manner similar to the toy illustrated in my Patent No. 1,290,067.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing consisting of one figure which is a perspectix e view of my improved merry-go-round toy attached to a draft creator.

The present toy is in the form of amerrygo-round capable of attachment to a draft device such as shown in my application Serial No. 269,910; and in the drawing, 1 represents the chimney of such draft device and 2 represent the upright standard or support secured to said chimney. A block or standard 5 is adapted to be supported on said upright and is provided with upstanding members 5 and 6 which are bent to form upper and lower retaining eyes 7 and 8. A piece of hardened steel 9 is set into the standard 5 to form a bearing for the lower end of a spindle 10 and said spindle is held upright by the eyes 7 and 8 and carrying at its upper end an actuating fan which may be operated by a draft from the chimney 1 to cause the spindle 1.0 to rotate. On the spindie 10 is secured a block 11 from which ra diate a plurality of wires 12 having upturned outer ends on which are secured slotted holders 13. A number of removable figures 14 are provided, and one of these may be set in the slot of each of the members 13.

It is obvious that when hot air is directed upwardly by the chimneyl, the fan will turn the spindle and the rotation of the block 11 will cause the figures to be rotated.

If desired the device may be varied by enclosing a strip of pictures in a rotating band provided with sight-openings so as to simulate moving pictures.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be considered as limiting myself to the exact details herein set forth, nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appending claim.

Now having described my invention what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is In a device of the class described, the combination of a support constructed for attachment to a draft chimney, a block supported by said support, a step-bearing se cured to the upper face of said block, a plurality of guides secured to said block and having eyes in alignment with said bearing, a rotatable rod removably supported by said guides with its end resting on said bearing, a draft motor secured to for operating said rotatable rod, a block secured to for rotation with said rod, supporting wires each pivoted at one end in the last said block and adapted to be folded together, figures, and means supported at the free end of each of said wires for supporting a respective one of said figures and permitting removal of the figure at the will of the operator.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

' WARREN A. BROWNE. 

